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Re: Firefox 65.0 released

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Post by collyw »

DCKing wrote: post #102
daleharvey wrote: post #75

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"Ubuntu and Debian" "average user" I dont disagree with your point, not sure it is relevant however.

The pretense that all Linux users should be (or already are) technically capable is really harmful to the ecosystem. No, you should not expect Ubuntu or Debian users to figure out on their own (1) why the tar.gz file they download doesn't do anything meaningful and (2) how they will get this version of Firefox instead without any further instructions. Running Firefox from a tarball is a very specific use case for a s…

> No, you should not expect Ubuntu or Debian users to figure out on their own

If someone knows what Debian is and has chosen to install it I think its fairly safe to assume they have some Linux knowledge.

Ubuntu on the other hand is the most likely to work without any tweaking. Its the default choice for less technical people wanting to try Linux as well as more experienced people who want a hassle free install.

Re: Firefox 65.0 released

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Post by Shivetya »

yuchi wrote: post #87

> Support for Handoff on macOS: Continue browsing across devices. Pick up where you left off with iOS (via Firefox or Safari) on Firefox on Mac. OH YES! Finally!

I tried both Safari and Chrome of macOS but went back to Firefox for one simple reason. When watching streaming content if the browser was not in the foreground it would reduce the quality of the streamed content which could take almost ten seconds to revert back when focus was given.

Firefox doesn't seem to know/care if its not top window

Re: Firefox 65.0 released

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Post by diegorbaquero »

olavgg wrote: post #11

I love Firefox and use it all the time, but for the last few years one of my biggest pains is the OSX performance on my Macbook Pro. Is this close to be resolved soon?

Had this issue... until this version! I'm using MBP 15 inch with Firefox 65 (Beta channel), it doesn't use as much CPU as it did before, and it doesn't suck up all battery. This is on scaled resolution of 1920x1200.

Re: Firefox 65.0 released

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Post by avtar »

wslh wrote: post #114

At the risk of a downvote storm, a few months ago I tried to switch from Chrome to Firefox until I had a call of two hours via Google Hangouts and Firefox started to degrade the voice until a point of no return. I don't know if this is common in very demanding "web apps".

I keep an instance of Chrome running just for Google apps and use Firefox was everything else.

Re: Firefox 65.0 released

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Post by Scipio_Afri »

wslh wrote: post #114

At the risk of a downvote storm, a few months ago I tried to switch from Chrome to Firefox until I had a call of two hours via Google Hangouts and Firefox started to degrade the voice until a point of no return. I don't know if this is common in very demanding "web apps".

I've noticed the same sort of "degradation" when having large PDFs open as well. I have to refresh the "page" (the PDF) to be able to search for something and find that something that I know is in the PDF. Small F5 issue once you know about it cause it remembers where you are in the PDF.

My guess is RAM management/garbage collection going on in the background that needs to whitelist a few things or have some additional fancy stuff going on to not allow for memory leaks but allow for 2 hour phone calls and searchable PDFs after they've been open for some time (and possibly with a 10+ tabs open).

Definitely file a bug. I would imagine both these issues are known about and have a similar root cause.

I love Firefox otherwise.

Re: Firefox 65.0 released

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Post by gourlaysama »

lol768 wrote: post #51

I was intrigued by this statement: > A better video streaming experience for Windows users: Firefox now supports the next-generation, royalty-free video compression technology called AV1 Since I don't care about Windows, I was curious as to whether this had already shipped for other platforms or not. At least using Firefox Developer Edition v66, it works fine behind the media.av1.enabled flag on Linux. ---- Also seem…

> I was curious as to whether this had already shipped for other platforms or not.

AV1 support is available on all platforms behing the flag; this release just enables it by default on Windows [1].

[1]: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1452146

Re: Firefox 65.0 released

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Post by move-on-by »

lugg wrote: post #100

Recently switched from chromium to Firefox. Very pleased with its performance. Android Firefox demolishes chrome too but probably just because I no longer need to download and render all the ads (thanks ublock.) While I was at it I also took the chance to migrate passwords out of Google land into Bitwarden. Session restore is amazing, my .cache is tmpfs but it still manages to instantly recover all my tabs on reboot.…

I've pretty much made the same changes. I was luke-warm on the switch from chrome to Firefox until I started using containers and CookieAutoDelete with those containers. I have a 'Google' container that preserves google cookies for when I log into gmail (transition in progress)- but otherwise google cookies get automatically deleted. There are a handful of other sites I wish to stay logged into - like github, slack, spotify - and I have containers for them with CookieAutoDelete configured accordingly. Its also comes in handy for sites where I have a work account and a personal account - like AWS. Instead of having to open an incognito window to allow being signed into two accounts at the same time, I just have separate containers. Makes a lot of practical sense for me.

I also made the switch to Bitwarden - except for me I was using Lastpass before. Bitwarden has a much cleaner interface and a sane sharing scheme. Trying to keep shared passwords in sync with my wife in Lastpass was an absolute nightmare - to the point that I hated changing the passwords - which is one of the major points of a password manager. Lastpass has become stagnant and bloated since LogMeIn bought it.

Re: Firefox 65.0 released

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Post by TheAceOfHearts »

sambe wrote: post #4

I feel like I've been waiting a long time for autoplay blocking - does this keep being pushed back or have I missed a feature cancellation/config setting/extension announcement?

If you want to try it out today you can use Firefox Developer Edition [0]! I use it as my daily-driver and rarely encounter any kind of issue.

This is the documentation for the feature: Allow or block media autoplay in Firefox [1].

[0] https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/developer/

[1] https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/block-autoplay

Re: Firefox 65.0 released

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Post by apexalpha »

move-on-by wrote: post #147
lugg wrote: post #100

Recently switched from chromium to Firefox. Very pleased with its performance. Android Firefox demolishes chrome too but probably just because I no longer need to download and render all the ads (thanks ublock.) While I was at it I also took the chance to migrate passwords out of Google land into Bitwarden. Session restore is amazing, my .cache is tmpfs but it still manages to instantly recover all my tabs on reboot.…

I've pretty much made the same changes. I was luke-warm on the switch from chrome to Firefox until I started using containers and CookieAutoDelete with those containers. I have a 'Google' container that preserves google cookies for when I log into gmail (transition in progress)- but otherwise google cookies get automatically deleted. There are a handful of other sites I wish to stay logged into - like github, slack,…

So Bitwarden is basically Lastpass except you can also host it yourself?

Re: Firefox 65.0 released

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Post by gph »

DCKing wrote: post #102
daleharvey wrote: post #75

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"Ubuntu and Debian" "average user" I dont disagree with your point, not sure it is relevant however.

The pretense that all Linux users should be (or already are) technically capable is really harmful to the ecosystem. No, you should not expect Ubuntu or Debian users to figure out on their own (1) why the tar.gz file they download doesn't do anything meaningful and (2) how they will get this version of Firefox instead without any further instructions. Running Firefox from a tarball is a very specific use case for a s…

I don't think we should be encouraging an average Ubuntu user to download and install anything from source that has an actively maintained package. Average users of Ubuntu/Linux should only use the maintained Firefox package that comes pre-installed on basically every major dist these days.

I think Firefox or anyone else would be doing a disservice to an average user to make them think they need to manually install this software outside their package manager.

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